What links did you choose? How would the ability to shorten links come in handy with students?
I have used http://is.gd, http://bit.ly, and http://ow.ly to shorten links in the past.
Recently I shortened the following link for our library twitter acccount:
http://www.andybrain.com/archive/journey_to_the_center_of_an_ebook.htm
The shortened link was much more manageable, especially for linking to something in a tweet, as you can see:
http://is.gd/ds7pp
If you are able to utilize html links that can be shortened such as this, then I don't think link shorteners should be recommended. As one of the other 23 Things bloggers mentioned, people like to know what they're getting into when they click a link. However, if you're using a tool, like twitter, a facebook page such as our school's facebook page, and space and html-use is limited, URL shorteners are very useful for these instances. Otherwise, I don't see the benefit in them.
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